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Mr. Frédéric Lemoine, LL.B., HEC, IEP Paris, E.N.A., has been the Chairman of the Executive Board at Wendel Group since April 7, 2009. Mr. Lemoine joined the Wendel in 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Wendel since 2009. He began his career in the Inspection des Finances, then served in the office of two ministers. He began his career as a finance inspector before directing a hospital in Vietnam and participating in hospital reform in two government ministries. ... From 1997 to 2002, he worked at Serge Kampf and the Executive Board of Capgemini, first as an Executive Officer, and then as the Chief Financial Officer and also as a Group Vice President of Finance for Cap Gemini S.A. In 1997, Mr. Lemoine joined the Capgemini Group, where he successively held positions as Executive Board Secretary, Group Finance Director and, as of May 2000, Deputy Vice President in charge of Finance for the Capgemini Group. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Lemoine served as a Deputy Chief of staff with the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (Jacques Barrot), in charge of coordinating social security reform and hospital reform. At this time, he also served a Project Manager for the State Secretary for Health and Social Security (Hervé Gaymard). From May 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Lemoine served as Deputy General Secretary of the Presidency of the French Republic with Jacques Chirac, with particular responsibility for economic and financial affairs. From October 2004 to May 2008, he served as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, Inc. He has been the Chairman of Bureau Veritas SA since November 5, 2013. He served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Bureau Veritas SA from April 14, 2009 to June 2009 and also served as its Member of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Lemoine served as the Censor of the Supervisory Board at Générale de Santé Société Anonyme since July 4, 2007. From 1992 to 1993, he ran the Heart Institute of Ho Chin Minh City for a year and served as a General Secretary of the Alain Carpentier Foundation since 2004. After heading a heart surgery hospital in 1992-1993 (theHeart Institute of Saigon - Vietnam), in 1995 he became Deputy Director of the Ministry of social affairsand labour, where he was in charge of coordinating the social security and hospital reforms. He served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva SA from May 12, 2005 to March 30, 2009. He has been a Director at Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since April 2009. He has been a Director of Groupama S.A. from February 24, 2005 to March 15, 2012. He serves as a Director of INSEAD. He serves as a Member of the Supervisory Board at Bureau. He served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Areva SA from March 8, 2005 to March 30, 2009. He served as Vice Chairman at Bureau Veritas SA from June 3, 2009 to November 5, 2013. He served as a Director of Flamel Technologies SA since October 24, 2005. Mr. Lemoine served as a Director at Legrand S.A. from May 5, 2009 to July 31, 2013. He is a knight of the National Order of Merit. Mr. Lemoine is a graduate of HEC (1986) and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1987). He is also a graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. He holds a law degree.

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